Swimming-glove.



"C. DE B. KENNARD.

SWIMMING GLOVE. APPLICATION HLED JUNE 9. 1914.

1 ,1 85,41 1. Patented May 30,1916.

Clifford de BooK Kennard.

w a comparatively vflat surface to be presented UNITED STATES PATENTorrion CLIFFORD DE 13. KENNARD, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

SWIMMING-GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent. -Pgttehted luay 30, 1916.

Application filed June 9, .1914. Serial No. 844,023. i

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD DE Boon KENNARD, subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba andDominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful' Improvementsin Swimming-Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to swimming gloves, and one of the principalobjects of the invention is .to provide a glove made of thin rubber or'elastic seamless material which will fitthe hand and said glove beingprcj vided between the fingers and between the I index finger and thumbwith webs made of elastic material which willstretch to form to thewater and which will give and collapse when the fingers are closed.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a glove for use byswimmers which will increase the speed of the swimmer and which will beprovided with elastic Webs between the fingers and between the frontfinger and thumb said glove being made of a comparatively thin rubberfilm' and-provided with perforations upon .the back of the glove, whilethe front of the. glove is imperforate, the perforations in the back ofthe glove serving to express the water from the inner side of the'glove.

These and other objects may be obtained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is aview looking at the back-of the glove with the webextended, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 1 of Fig.1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the back portion ofthe glove,

and 2 are perforations formed at intervals throughout the back portionand upon the fingers and thumb-of the glove to serve in permitting thewater to escape which may gather about the wrist or within the glove.

ger and the next finger is a'kweb 3 made of elastic rubber of athickness somewhat greater than the thickness of the material from whichthe glove is made. The web 3 v is secured to the inner sides of thefingers In use, the fingers of the user of the glove are slightlycurved, so as to have the fullcontact with the water. tween the fingersand thumb are fully extended to give a large area of impactsurfaceduring the stroke of the swimmer and during the return stroke thefingers are closed so that but little surface will be presented to thewater, thus serving to feather the strokes.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a swimming glove made inaccordance with this invention will serve to give considerable speed tothe user, and the glove will be found very useful forb'eginners inlearning to swim; The back portion of the glove being provided withvperforations will express or permit the water to pass out upon thecontraction of the hands of the swimmer on the return stroke, and thewebs between the fingers and between the front finger and thumb can beextended to give a large contacting surface to the water. The gloves aremade and used in pairs, and'may be used to" advantage in playing waterpolo, permitting the player to tread water with the hands instead of thefeet, and preventing players from getting scratched with the fingernails.

Various changes-may bemade in the details of construction withoutdeparting fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as de.

fined in the claim. Connected centrally between the llttle finlVhat isclaimed is g A sw mmlng glove formed of sheet rubher havlng a palm andbackportion, a tight fitting wristlet formed upon said glove, the

palm of said glove and fingers being imperforated and the back portionof said The webbing be- I glare having perforations extending from theswimmer in making a'strong stroke sub the finger tips to saidwrist1ets,- whereby stantially as described. w upon the. contractipn ofthe hand in the In testimony whereof I afix my signature Water, water isexpressed from the inner in presence. of two Witnesses.

side of the glove, webs secured between the CLIFFQRD DE EL KEN N D.fingers and being of silch width as to allow Witnesses: the fingers tobe stretched at normal distance HELEN WALSH,

holding said Webbing taut for assisting H. T. STRQUD.

